Should a guy do the right thing and marry the woman he has impregnated?

[coachTanthony]

[shades777]

The right thing is to take care of child, by investing time, care, tools, and knowledge so the child can face the world.


Marriage isn't required to do that but the love and support of a mother and father in the childs life greatly impact his view towards relationships.


I believe a child raised under viewing his mother and father in love fair off being than being raised by a single parent. A kids mind cannot comprehend whats going on and will assume a dysfunctional family is normal behavior so thats what your raising the kid to be like, dysfunctional

[OlderAndWiser]

Coach! How many times have we had that talk about using protection?

[coachTanthony]

Not enough lol

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO! And if I got a girl pregnant, after I finished bragging about it, I would marry her!

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Shotgun marriages seldom stay married. If he wants to be a father and she wants to be a mother, that doesn’t mean they have to do so while married. They can co-parent, they can raise the kid together, let it know love from both parents, it’s not too hard to have a balance. However, if neither are ready for parenthood, it shouldn’t be something forced on them either.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

No, never marry because you feel you “have” to.
Yes to supporting/being there for the child. which can be done without getting married…
If the plan was to get married at some time anyway and the pregnancy hastens the plan, maybe… But knocking someone up shouldn’t be the only reason you decide to marry that person.

[Avicenna]

Depends on the circumstances. If it will negatively affect his career if he doesn't or some other form of social pressure, then yes. Otherwise the cost of being married outweighs any benefits.

[Summeroflove]

Marriage is a huge decision. I think men who sleep around are slimy. But I mean I don’t know…. That’s a tough one.

[Badkitty41]

I believe so. If you do the crime you do the time and you pull your shit together and make the best out of the choice you made which just so happened to create a little innocent soul who doesn't need shit to be harder then it already is in life.. not only that why would you not want to be a part of a little you that is coming into the world.. it's your creation mistake or not its yours and you can't bail out on it only cowards do that and that's where we are today with the chicken shit society we have

[art84]

My brother did when he got his girlfriend pregnant with his second daughter. The married only lasted five years and I think the only reason was he had two boys from a previous relationship and my mom insisted of them getting married. I really felt it was a forced marriage. I don't know if I would marry a girl if I got her pregnant. It feels like I am forced into marriage because of a baby being involved. Only reason you should get married if both people love each other and want to become united.

[sage2021]

I'm with everyone else here. If they get along and love each other, then he should marry her. If she keeps the baby and he doesn't want to marry her, then she will need child support to raise the baby.
They keep saying that a big part of the problem with kids now is that they don't have a Father in the house teaching the child about life and life's situations. And the mother of the baby would do her part.
But if you aren't a good guy and would abuse the mom and baby then no, don't marry her, but pay your child support.

[mynameisLyn]

Being pregnant is not a good reason for marriage. You can both be a good parent without compromising your freedom. Provide and just do co-parenting.

With marriage, things will either work out in a long run or it worsen the situation. And most of the times, it's not a good outcome.

Marriage should be decided because two people are in love and wants to spend the rest of their lives together, not because of pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Obviously you still live in the Middle Ages or bait as usual..

It is interesting that you should say that ‘he’ ‘impregnated’ a woman. A man alone is not responsible for the impregnation - it is very much a job for two! It takes a man and a woman to have sex which resulted in an unplanned impregnation.

As long as he takes an active role in his child's life and support her during pregnancy and financially support his child, getting married just because of pregnancy is ill advised

[Purpleronnie]

Hell no ! , being in a marriage has to be about the whole deal not just the fact you’ve failed to take measures against getting pregnant or impregnating. How damaging would it be for any child to have parents like that let alone the fact they would be preventing themselves from actually being happy !

[Uenvy694u]

No u don't get married just cause u got some pregnant. Reason being u marry cause u love someone. People that get married cause of a pregnancy. Over time doesn't always work out. 2 people can still love each other. But u never use pregnancy as a way 2 force marriage. Remember marriage is big step especially if u have baby involved. Good luck if 2 of really love each other. Then u will be able 2 do the right thing.

[Thatpearl26]

I would say yes because I’ve had my fair share of seeing broken/divorced homes. As long as the man or woman isn’t abusive in anyway then for all means get married. Two parent households that work good together are better than one where you trade off the kid every weekend.

[FilmGuy93]

I guess he should, if that's actually a healthy thing to do. Some people are better off not having anything to do with each other. Of course, you could argue that people like that shouldn't be having kids together in the first place, but that wasn't the question you asked.

[Simslover92]

No not at all. That's a recipe for disaster if he just marries the girl because she is pregnant and not for love.

[LazerBean]

I think these days it doesn't really matter anymore. Either way, the end result is very likely to be a broken family.

[Fireguy17]

no.
Many times that is compounding 1 problem with another one.
Quite often those marriages do not work out.
It is best for the guy to step up and be a part of his child's life.
If they get married in the future and it works great, but say 2 people hooked up and had sex and now she is pregnant, they do not even know each other, much less should get married to each other.

[Nikki1989]

That is not enough reason to marry someone.

[LiamJHayden]

Maybe, but get that DNA test first:

https://9gag.com/gag/aoPOo8n

[itsalyssaagain]

That’s not always the right thing to do. Depends on the situation and the relationship.

[Heolurt]

Never, Besides why is it the right thing only on the man's side? If you go with what females argue about over reproductive rights then the child is never a man's child unless the female wants to call the child as such, so men should never sign a birth certificate without full knowledge that that child is of his DNA and that the female is willing to call the child his.

[Adam1978]

Well today he must check it's really his, and no he doesn't need to marry but he should support the kid if he is allowed near it. The woman get the treatment she deserves depending on her interaction. Since they might not be girlfriend material.

[Billlewis]

I know this probably sounds strange but my ultimate goal is to marry a woman who has gotten pregnant by another guy and raise the child as my own, in a cuckold type relationship. Hopefully she'll also keep me celibate as well.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Sometimes 2 people are just to toxic for each other and should not be together even if they have kids together

[mommymommymommy]

By law, you do NOT HAVE TO MARRY YOUR BABY MOMMA.

I think what you're asking is, should you biblically, (Morally), do it

[Unit1]

I would laugh at this absurdity but that's not even funny.

[Paul_in_Indy]

If he cares about doing the right thing, he should pull out and finish on her chest.

…but a family is a serious responsibility; to be taken seriously.

[RobT312]

no …. not always. Doing the right thing would be what is best for the baby. If they aren’t a happy couple, then they won’t be good parents together

[Sparkie460]

If they get along well together yes he should step up and do the right thing and marry her. If he doesn't marry her he should help her financially to raise the baby

[Fuentes]

That's not the right thing to do, just cause she prego don't mean marry her lol thats a shit load of problems & leads straight to divorce.

[CuriousMufuxka]

Double down? Hell naw! Really though, I don't believe going through a ceremony will impact a pregnancy.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Yes. Once you get a woman pregnant you have decided to start a family.

[Siri137]

Yes, of course he should. It's his child too, and the alternatives (like abortion) are morally unacceptable.

[strateguy632]

depends on her parents. often her parents want to separate the "creep" so it would not be "the right thing"

[Guardian45]

I would support the woman I impregnated, but I may not marry her. That's a conversation.

[msc545]

He should not unless there are other reasons to marry her beside the pregnancy. Divorces ruin lives.

[SlothySlob]

Why did she become pregnant?
Did they decide to have a child before marriage? Was marriage ever a topic? Was it a miscalculation? Was it rape?

[loveslongnails]

The right thing to do will depend on what she wants, and/or what she does. However, marriage isn't necessarily the right thing to do, it's one thing to do.

[Raaj4you]

No, I would marry only if I am in love with her, only if she is the right person for me and if I have a strong feeling that I can spend rest of my life with her.

If she is a bad woman, I will accept my baby not her.

[Curious_teen07]

Yes. Its becuase of him the female has to undergo child labour and all its pros and cons.

[ZackBan]

The right thing looks a lot like a flight of stairs sometimes...

[cth96190]

It would be better to not have sex with the woman.
Women are not worth the cost, or legal risk.
MGTOW monk for 22 years.

[Anonymous]

If she loves him. Otherwise the most important thing he needs to do is be a father for the kid. Don’t let your kid grow up fatherless.

[Anonymous]

If you really love her. Marriage for the sake of the kid isn’t a good recipe. He should have married her before he knocked her up.

[exitseven]

Yes, his baby needs a last mane and he needs to step up. If you wanna play you gotta pay.

[coconut94]

That isn’t the right thing in my opinion. Too many factors that could play into this.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yes, he should marry her, I agree 100%

[FunkyMonkee]

Yes, he should! It's his kid!! If it wasn't for HIS sperm, she wouldn't be that way!

[Christoff92]

So the child is born into a whole family. But hey tons of people aren't. That's life and ok to be growing up with a single parent.

[RingOfFire]

He should to the right thing. But marrying her might not be the right thing.

[Anonymous]

Not just for that reason. It isn't 1937 anymore.

[KrakenAttackin]

No, he has no idea if he is the father of the child until the child is born.

[zagor]

If he is into her (not just literally); otherwise it would be bad for both.

[purplepoppy]

Yes so the child isn't stigmatised as a bastard.

[DizzyDesii]

Nah but he should at least be an active father

[Hulk30]

I'm confused as to what the right thing is because women get pregnant for different reasons and under different circumstances

[Anonymous]

Should a woman do the right thing and not walk away from her child by killing him/her inside her womb?

[Anonymous]

no b/c it's the womans choice to get pregnant not his. If it was his choice i'd say differently.

[sheenagwapa]

no... marriage is for people in love

[Jamie05rhs]

Yes. You do the crime, you do the time.

[Fuentes]

Men can get 100's if women prego, you can't marry them all

[Jamie05rhs]

@Fuentes And that's why we have child support laws.

[Fuentes]

Yeah but that doesn't mean we should marry lol

[Jamie05rhs]

@Fuentes Dude, how many baby mamas do you actually have?
... Wait- don't answer that. Lol

[Fuentes]

Only one lol but I strap up but still If I could get 100 chick's prego I'm not marrying one of them at all

[Jamie05rhs]

@Fuentes Good! Keep it wrapped. 👍👌

[Anonymous]

No, but he should be there for the kid and be ready to help support it.

[Smashingdoozy]

Not if he doesn't want to.

[QuietVerbena]

Only if he and she both want thar

[QuietVerbena]

That lol